Urban Flooding of Greater Dhaka in a Changing Climate: Building Local Resilience to Disaster Risk by Susmita Dasgupta Asif Zaman Subhendu Roy Mainul Huq Sarwar Jahan Ainun Nishat

Author:Susmita Dasgupta, Asif Zaman, Subhendu Roy, Mainul Huq, Sarwar Jahan, Ainun Nishat
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The World Bank

Source: World Bank 2010.

The value of the property owned depends on the savings accumulated in each income category over a five-year period, with annual savings rate differing by income category. The property-damage factor is based on the depth and duration of flooding. For household property submerged 10 or more days at an inundation depth greater than 1.5 m, with proportional decrease for fewer days of inundation, the assumed maximum damage is 33 percent. For depth ranges of 0.25–0.75 m and 0.75–1.5 m, the corresponding maximum damages are 20 percent and 25 percent, respectively. The property damage factor (DP) can be expressed as follows:

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